Full Description
In this handbook, the emergency physician-neurologist editorial team from the acclaimed comprehensive text Emergency Neurology bring its expertise to a readily accessible reference tool for the emergency department. With a symptom-based emphasis, the text, tables, and illustrations guide the emergency physician in the recognition, diagnosis, and management of neurological disorders both common and complex. Integrating fundamental neurological concepts with the practical realities and demands of emergency care, this handbook features management algorithms for dozens of conditions, and a list of 'pearls and pitfalls' at the conclusion of each of the 38 chapters. This survey of best practices in emergency neurology provides succinct and crucial clinical information for all emergency physicians who diagnose and manage neurologic disorders such as headache, seizure, and spinal cord injury. Emphasizing efficient neurological examination techniques, this is an essential handbook for emergency physicians, internists, and residents.
Table of Contents
Part I. Neurological Examination and
Neurodiagnostic Testing: 1. Neurological
examination Thomas F. Scott and Sid M. Shah
2. Neuroimaging Andrew Goldberg and Janene
Hecker
3. Electroencephalography Ivo Drury
4. Lumbar puncture James Valeriano and Daniel
Ammons
Part II. Common Neurological Presentations: 5.
Altered level of consciousness Lara Kunschner
and J. Stephen Huff
6. Headache Robert Kaniecki and Merle L. Diamond
7. Weakness George Small and David Chuirazzi
8. Dizziness Kevin M. Kelly, Tom Stein and
Moises Arriaga
9. Seizures Kevin M. Kelly and Nicholas Colovos
10. Gait disturbance Jon Brillman
Part III. Specific Neurological Conditions: 11.
Central nervous system infections in adults
Paul Blackburn, Earl Reisdorff, Oliver Hayes
and Anthony Briningstool
12. Cerebrovascular disease Michael Frankel,
Marc Chimowitz, Rashmi Kothari and Sam Josvai
13. Movement disorders Sid M. Shah, Roger Albin
and Susan Baser
14. Peripheral nervous system and neuromuscular
disorders John Wald and James Albers
15. Guillain barre syndrome Sandeep Rana and
Sid M. Shah
16. Myasthenia gravis George Small and Mara Aloi
17. Musculoskeletal and neurogenic pain Robert
Kaniecki and L. R. Sears
18. Neuro-ophthalmology Dennis Hanlon and Eric
Eggenberger
19. Multiple sclerosis Thomas Scott
20. Dementia Judith Heidebrink and Norman Foster
21. Brain tumors and other neuro-oncological
emergencies Herbert Newton
22. Neuropsychiatry Craig Taylor
23. Increased intracranial pressure and
herniation syndromes Amy Blasen and Sid M. Shah
24. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension Eric
Eggenberger and Sid M. Shah
25. Normal pressure hydrocephalus Oliver Hayes
and Lara Kunschner
26. Non-traumatic spinal cord injury Michael
Millin, Sid M. Shah and David Wright
27. Sleep disorders Sinan Baran
Part IV. Neurological Trauma: 28. Traumatic
brain injury Chris Carpenter, Lee Warren, Kevin
Gingrich and James E. Wilberger, Jr
29. Spinal cord injury Charles Bill and Vanessa
Harkins
30. Peripheral nerve injuries Patricia B.
Josefczyk and Mark Baratz
Part V. Pediatric Neurological Emergencies: 31.
Hydrocephalus and shunts in children Stephen
Guertin and Anthony Briningstool
32. Pediatric infections of the central nervous
system Jane Turner and Anthony Briningstool
33. Pediatric cerebrovascular disorders Imad
Jarjour and Liza Squires
34. Pediatric seizures Mont Roberts and Rae
Hanson
35. Hypotonic infant Marsha Rappley and Sid M.
Shah
Part VI. Pregnancy-Related Neurological
Emergencies: 36. Pregnancy-related neurological
emergencies Mary Hughes and Page Pennell
Part VII. Neurotoxicology: 37. Neurotoxicology
Fred Harchelroad and David Overton
Part VIII. Brain Death: 38. Brain death David
Zich and Jon Brillman.
